Sprint has WiMAX fever, plans national rollout
By Paul Miller 
posted Aug 8th 2006 10:50AM
posted Aug 8th 2006 10:50AM
It wasn't too hard to tell who Motorola was giving the wink and nudge to with their "Harmony" project to mix iDEN with WiMAX, but now the word is out that Sprint is indeed going to go with WiMAX for 4G service. Sprint has been planning a new network for a while, but they've been on the fence in regards to tech. WiMAX seems a pretty sensible choice these days, with handset heft from Moto and Samsung, Intel's backing, and even a bit of friendly competition and roaming partnership potential from Clearwire. Sprint, who hasn't exactly confirmed this report, is said to be thinking of having the network built out by 2008, at a cost somewhere between $1 billion and $4 billion. We'll be standing by for Sprint to give all these information leaks their stamp of approval, but really Sprint, it wasn't too hard to guess.[Via dailywireless]
Woooo it's about time. If only I'd had this when I was a kid. Woulda made those vacation 10-hour car trips a lot easier.
I wonder if my friend out in the boonies will be able to
get service. Right now he is using tmobile as internet. And it is slow as hell.
"Whne I was your age, we didn't have internet everywhere. We had to plug our computers into a wall!"
we need something like this in Canada, it would make my train trips alot more interesting
This will make my friend who lives in Bumf*ck with his mighty 33Kbps dial-up connection very happy!
Sprint just announced that this is happening. Fo Shizzle
This is the correct WiMAX logo (the one you are using is years old):
http://www.wimaxforum.org/images/wimax_logo.gif
I know nothing of wimax. can i use my regular wifi card to tap into it or do i need a new adapter?
Check this out for conformation from Sprint about WiMax..
http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=12960
Isn't this the same company that bought Nextel about 1 year ago claiming they would combine networks to offer better coverage? Isn't this the company that answers the phone "Sprint together with Nextel" yet can't access your Nextel account if you speak to someone in the "Sprint" department and vice versa?
I haven't heard of 1 SINGLE tower deployed with both Nextel and Sprint service. I haven't heard of 1 SINGLE tower converted from Nextel to Sprint.
Why should we believe they will ever achieve ANY progress in ANY department?
I have a 6700 Sprint phone - they have yet to get the PRL update working on it - Nearly a year later you tell them about it - there are 1000's of posts about it in various blogs telling their horror stories of gettting a Sprint rep to assist with it and yet Sprint says "They are UNAWARE of the issue."
Not exactly putting stock in any of Sprint's claims.
Jim, sounds like you've personally had some bad experiences. Go ahead and switch if the pain is so hard. But I can tell you, you can get free horror stories with every wireless company, it's a free add-on.
Regarding the merger, yeah, Sprint and Nextel are still in the bonding phase, but so are Cingular and AT&T.
Just a bit of news for you. The hybrid phones will be launched in select markets this year, first priority will be to target current iDEN customers and add-on prospects within current accounts.
The ic502 by Motorola is a rugged, clam form factor handset with an external display and speakerphone. It is built to military specifications for dust, shock and vibration. The ic402 is scheduled to launch in December. It has the same features as the ic502 but is not ruggedized. The ic902 is scheduled for the second quarter of 2007. It will be a Power Vision capable phone with Bluetooth technology, a camera and MP3 player.
I think Jim is having a bad day!
"jim" I feel your pain with Sprint and Nextel. I use Nextel as my carrier because of the instant connection to my teen daughter. The number of dropped calls since I switched to Nextel is a lot higher than the number of diggs Kevin Rose got for being on the cover of Newsweek.
I also thought that Sprint was going to make the service better for both carriers. It seems I am still waiting as well as the rest of the country.
It will probably cost 79.99 a month.
I am glas that isn't the logo. It looks like an ad for a nightclub... You know... The ones where the guys listen to Wham and wear earrings, etc.
I was wondering when anyone knows when the ic502 will be wide spread released. It was only released in select markets and I am not in those markets! When will it be released in all markets??????